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morior

morior

Latin

Verb

morior (present infinitive morī, perfect active mortuus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

  1. I die.
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 3.2.13
      Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
      Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's fatherland.
  2. I decay, wither.

Inflection

   Conjugation of morior (third conjugation -variant, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present morior moreris, morere moritur morimur moriminī moriuntur
imperfect moriēbar moriēbāris, moriēbāre moriēbātur moriēbāmur moriēbāminī moriēbantur
future moriar moriēris, moriēre moriētur moriēmur moriēminī morientur
perfect mortuus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect mortuus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect mortuus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present moriar moriāris, moriāre moriātur moriāmur moriāminī moriantur
imperfect morerer morerēris, morerēre morerētur morerēmur morerēminī morerentur
perfect mortuus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect mortuus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present morere moriminī
future moritor moritor moriuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives morī mortuus esse
participles moriēns mortuus moritūrus moriendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
morī moriendī moriendō moriendum mortuum mortuū

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References

  • morior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • morior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “morior”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori
    • (ambiguous) to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
    • (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
    • (ambiguous) to die of wounds: ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)